Your Right to Fair Treatment

Everyone wants to have a smooth working relationship on the job. However, problems sometimes arise in every workplace. 


A Teamster contract includes a procedure to protect you from being treated unfairly or fired without good reason. It also protects you from discrimination or favoritism in the way work assignments, promotions, layoffs, or other issues are handled. 

A complaint that the contract has been violated is called a "grievance."
If you think management may have violated your rights, or if you have questions or problems regarding work, tell your Teamster steward. The steward and other local union leaders can answer your questions and help you figure out the best way to solve the problem.
Sometimes that involves discussions with management. Sometimes it requires generating the support of other workers for a fair solution.